Doxa Katokopia

Doxa Katokopia is a Cypriot football team from Katokopia in the Nicosia District. Since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Katokopia is under Turkish occupation, and the club moved to Peristerona, which is near Katokopia. The team was promoted to the Cypriot first division in 2007.

Doxa (which translates as Glory) promoted to First Division in 1998 for first time in their history, but after finishing 13th in the table (out of 14 teams) they were relegated. The following season, after finishing third in the Second division, they were promoted again in 2000 and this time, with the experience of their first participation, they achieved their greatest success by achieving to finish 11th and to remain in the First Division. They were relegated again in 2002 to become Second Division runners-up the following year. They competed again in the first division in the 2003-04 season where they finished last with only 1 win from 26 games and were thus automatically relegated. They were again promoted to the first division in 2007 and they have avoided relegation. In their last participation in First Division, they used as home ground the Makario Stadium.

Current squad
No. Position Player
3 Brazil DF Rodrigão
7 Portugal MF Carlos André
8 Cyprus MF Kyriacos Polykarpou
9 Portugal FW Milton
10 Greece MF Georgios Kostis
11 Cyprus DF Nikolas Nicolaou
12 Cape Verde GK Ernesto
13 Cyprus MF Georgios Kamarlingos
14 Cyprus FW Sotiris Vourkou
17 Portugal DF Nuno Rodrigues
19 Portugal MF Saavedra
21 Portugal MF Pedro Duarte
22 Angola MF Celson
23 Cyprus MF Giorgos Ioannides

No. Position Player
24 Cyprus DF Loukas Stylianou
27 Cyprus FW Georgios Eleftheriou
28 Portugal MF Margaça
31 Portugal DF Comboio
35 Cyprus GK Andreas Mavris
50 Brazil FW Serjão
70 Cyprus MF Loizos Louvaris
88 Cyprus MF Panayiotis Psillouras
99 Cyprus GK Evagoras Hadjifranceskou
Nigeria FW Charles Obi
Serbia FW Nemanja Mijailović
Cape Verde MF Bruno Spencer
Portugal MF Luís Torres

Transfers 2008/09

In
No. Position Player
Portugal MF Margaça (from Mafra)
Angola MF Celson (from Atlético Clube de Portugal)
Cyprus FW Georgios Eleftheriou (from Nea Salamina)
Cape Verde GK Ernesto (from G.D. Estoril-Praia)
Portugal MF Pedro Duarte (from G.D. Estoril-Praia)
Brazil DF Rodrigão (from F.C. Vizela)
Brazil FW Serjão (from F.C. Vizela)
Portugal MF Saavedra (from Odivelas F.C.)
Portugal FW Milton (from Freamunde)
Cyprus DF Loukas Stylianou (from Digenis Morphou)
Portugal MF Carlos André (from Madalena FC)
Portugal DF Comboio (from C.D. Portosantense)
Nigeria FW Charles Obi (from Boavista FC)
Serbia FW Nemanja Mijailović (from APOP Kinyras Peyias)
Cape Verde DF Bruno Spencer (from F.C. Maia)
Portugal MF Luís Torres (from Atlético Clube de Portugal)
Cyprus FW Sotiris Vourkou (loan from APOEL F.C.)

Out
No. Position Player
Venezuela DF Raúl González (to Enosis Neon Paralimni)
Armenia GK Armen Ambartsumyan (to Enosis Neon Paralimni)
Belgium MF Fangio Buyse (to APOP Kinyras Peyias)
Portugal DF Júnior (to AEL Limassol)
Greece DF Demetris Morales (Released)
Brazil FW David da Costa (to Apollon Limassol)
Nigeria DF Rasheed Alabi (to AC Omonia)
Nigeria MF Lewis Aniweta (to Alki Larnaca)
Cyprus DF Evdokimos Serdaris (to Digenis Morphou)
Greece GK Dimitris Rizos (to PAOK FC)
Cyprus DF Neophytos Neophytou (to Chalkanoras Idaliou)
Angola FW Hélder Neto (to A.C. Vila Meã)
Greece DF Demetris Ignatiades (to Aris Limassol)
Portugal FW João Paulo (to Atromitos Yeroskipou)
Portugal MF Rui Andrade (to Alki Larnaca)
Portugal DF Pedro Pereira (to Atromitos Yeroskipou)

Famous Players

* Angola Freddy
* Angola Hélder Neto
* Brazil David da Costa
* Brazil Edmar
* Cameroon Nicolas Dikoume
* The Gambia Mustapha Kamal N'Daw
* Greece Lazaros Semos
* Hungary Dániel Sibalin
* Nigeria Rasheed Alabi
* Nigeria Lewis Aniweta
* Nigeria Joseph Nwafor
* Portugal Júnior
* Portugal Nuno Rodrigues
* Serbia Dejan Stefanov
* Venezuela Raúl González
* Poland Piotr Kluzek

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